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loona100
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Joined March 2013
Topic Starter
loona100
I've recently been trying to play more insane songs, and one that has me really fustrated is http://osu.ppy.sh/s/43728 on lunatic.
The beginning with the 5 note streams is simply too fast for me to press. the two times where I luckily got past the beginning simply by chance I also pass the song. I can read the song fine I can play every other part just fine except for the beginning, I just can't press my keys fast enough to do so many 5 streams. What are some ways I can improve the speed of which I press keys? I do alternate between two keys at the moment.
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo
There is only one way to improve at streams. Practice streams.

Also, the map has longer streams past the beginning. It's weird that you'd have trouble with the beginning and not with the rest.

http://puu.sh/3aC0H + http://puu.sh/3aC5c retry those two maps 20 times every day for a week and your problems will be solved at least for the scope of maps of that level.
Full Tablet
2,542 posts
Joined September 2011
Full Tablet
Just keep playing maps with fast streams, starting with maps with 150bpm streams, for example, and moving progressively to faster maps.

If you practice maps that are much faster that you can handle make sure you don't just mash the keys to try to get more accuracy.
Purple
467 posts
Joined May 2011
Purple

Aqo wrote:

There is only one way to improve at streams. Practice streams.
And caffeine and a mech keyboard and hand/forearm exercises/activities
Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo

Purple wrote:

And caffeine and a mech keyboard and hand/forearm exercises/activities
I tried every single one of those for months and they had absolutely

ZERO

effect

The ONLY way to improve at streams is by playing streams.
lolcubes
osu! Alumni
4,437 posts
Joined November 2010
lolcubes
From my own experience, I play the best about 2 hours after I wake up, if I had a healthy meal (obviously have to be well rested).
Seriously, sometimes I feel I can chain deathstreams with the stamina I get, however such days happen like once in 2 months only. ;_;
Zakdawg
128 posts
Joined June 2012
Zakdawg
From my own experience playing maps such as the ones Aqo linked helps nothing.

Instead I found maps with many short streams, triples and doubles to be far better. I currently like http://osu.ppy.sh/s/4651# as warm up for stream maps.
Else combine it with lolcubes's advice and make sure you are well rested.
Purple
467 posts
Joined May 2011
Purple

Aqo wrote:

Purple wrote:

And caffeine and a mech keyboard and hand/forearm exercises/activities
I tried every single one of those for months and they had absolutely

ZERO

effect

The ONLY way to improve at streams is by playing streams.
Well that's just silly
You did something wrong
TakuMii
1,874 posts
Joined October 2009
TakuMii

Purple wrote:

Aqo wrote:

There is only one way to improve at streams. Practice streams.
And caffeine and a mech keyboard and hand/forearm exercises/activities
mechanical keyboard only helps your streams with stamina
it won't magically make your fingers move faster
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El Koko
174 posts
Joined February 2013
El Koko

Aqo wrote:

There is only one way to improve at this game. Practice.
Knarf
541 posts
Joined August 2012
Knarf

Kokozord wrote:

Aqo wrote:

There is only one way to improve at this game. Practice.
Yes, just pratise. But it might be annoying, so just play easier maps :) , which I am used to doing.
lolcubes
osu! Alumni
4,437 posts
Joined November 2010
lolcubes

YayMii wrote:

mechanical keyboard only helps your streams with stamina
it won't magically make your fingers move faster
That only depends on what your previous keyboard was.

Obviously fingers will not move faster, but that extra stamina you achieve can be a huge difference. My old keyboard had insanely hard keys (black switch doesn't even compare, it was a slim keyboard too), and when I swapped to black switch, the change was magical. And yes, it allowed me to go way faster than I could before, just cause keys work differently.
pielak213
463 posts
Joined April 2010
pielak213
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Aqo
2,710 posts
Joined April 2010
Aqo

pielak213- wrote:

aqo maps actually helps you if you do them a few times a day (they're just boring)
maybe I'm weird but I actually have more fun playing those maps
compared to like
1/2 sliders
which maps today are filled with
Victoire
105 posts
Joined May 2012
Victoire

Aqo wrote:

pielak213- wrote:

aqo maps actually helps you if you do them a few times a day (they're just boring)
maybe I'm weird but I actually have more fun playing those maps
compared to like
1/2 sliders
which maps today are filled with
As someone who is only rank 46k, cannot get S ranks on 99% of insane beatmaps out there, and cannot stream at any considerable speed, I love/hate you for those two beatmaps. Thank/screw you.
Liut
777 posts
Joined June 2011
Liut

Aqo wrote:

Purple wrote:

And caffeine and a mech keyboard and hand/forearm exercises/activities
I tried every single one of those for months and they had absolutely

ZERO

effect

The ONLY way to improve at streams is by playing streams.
this is like saying "you get better at running only by running, doing any other kind of gym/fisic exercise is useless" which is totally wrong
anyway OP, i'm slow as fuck my self, but i can tell that those streams are totally passable just by knowing the basics of streaming/smashing keys
MostDakka
79 posts
Joined March 2013
MostDakka
Practicing streams is only thing i did past 2 months and belive me my speed hasn't increased one inch[acc did but i wasnt bad in the first place]. I just cant click more than ~180 bpm without using all my strenght and i rly don feel like hurting myself. So i'm sticking myself to max 170 bpm streams. Maybe one day i will click faster but for now its not possible for me. I even changed keyboards to look if it will change anything[currently its my 3rd kb, 2nd mech one 1st mech one broke after some time] and it doesnt make any diffrence. I wish i could work on consistency on streams but its simply not possible if i cant even click fast enough. And I'm one of those alternating players so its somewhat weird for me that i cant simply click faster.
buny
3,435 posts
Joined March 2012
buny

Liut wrote:

this is like saying "you get better at running only by running, doing any other kind of gym/fisic exercise is useless" which is totally wrong
anyway OP, i'm slow as fuck my self, but i can tell that those streams are totally passable just by knowing the basics of streaming/smashing keys
no it's not, because something like streaming has to do with the rhythm of it, not smashing keys. Running is just running and can be excelled by actually just training your muscles which won't help you if you did the same thing for streaming.
Running is SO basic. There is no rhythm you have to follow, there is no practice either. If running was to be moving your legs up and down as fast as you can then the only way to improve would be to keep running or simulate a running experience
astelios
60 posts
Joined June 2013
astelios

Aqo wrote:

There is only one way to improve at streams. Practice streams.

Also, the map has longer streams past the beginning. It's weird that you'd have trouble with the beginning and not with the rest.

http://puu.sh/3aC0H + http://puu.sh/3aC5c retry those two maps 20 times every day for a week and your problems will be solved at least for the scope of maps of that level.
thank you very much for those maps ^^
Naikaze
2,401 posts
Joined July 2011
Naikaze

Purple wrote:

Aqo wrote:

I tried every single one of those for months and they had absolutely

ZERO

effect

The ONLY way to improve at streams is by playing streams.
Well that's just silly
You did something wrong
He's right actually.
HMF
27 posts
Joined March 2013
HMF
I used to be in a very similar position where I was stuck at rank 10,000 and couldn't progress simply because I couldn't stream. 180 was my max and I practised all the time (try this map if you haven't https://osu.ppy.sh/s/33651 one of my favourite maps in general) but I would never progress. Then I confronted my fear of DT and began using it on lower difficulty maps. Using DT really increased my single tap speed but the one thing that increased with my single tap was streaming. Without knowing I had gone from 180 to 210 in a week. Also help me score much higher on maps where HR HD is just unpleasant.
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412

Storm2344 wrote:

Practicing streams is only thing i did past 2 months and belive me my speed hasn't increased one inch[acc did but i wasnt bad in the first place]. I just cant click more than ~180 bpm without using all my strenght and i rly don feel like hurting myself. So i'm sticking myself to max 170 bpm streams. Maybe one day i will click faster but for now its not possible for me. I even changed keyboards to look if it will change anything[currently its my 3rd kb, 2nd mech one 1st mech one broke after some time] and it doesnt make any diffrence. I wish i could work on consistency on streams but its simply not possible if i cant even click fast enough. And I'm one of those alternating players so its somewhat weird for me that i cant simply click faster.
If it doesn't hurt then it's not practice. You didn't practice, you played.
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